Presser-foot for sewing-machines.



R. TAUBERT.

PRESSER FOOT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION TILED-JUNE 3, 1910. 1,046,404, Patented Dec; 3, 1912.

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I R. TAUBERT. PRESSER FOOT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1910.

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ROBERT TAUBERT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNION SPECIAL MACHINECOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PRESSEB-FOOT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

Application filed June 3, 1910. Serial No. 564,882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT TAUBERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Presser-Feet for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in presser feet forsewing machines, and has for an object to provide means for guiding afacing strip of considerable width to a stitching mechanism, whereby oneedge of said facing strip may be secured to a body garment.

A further object of the invention. is to provide a presser foot with asupporting bracket, in which is mounted a guiding roller over which afacing strip may be directed, and also an edge guide for directing theedge of the facing strip to the stitching mechanism, which bracket ismade adjustable, whereby the relative position of the facing strip andstitching mechanism may be varied.

These and other objects will in part be obvious, and will in part behereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings which show by way of illustration one embodiment of theinvention,Figure 1 is a front view of a sewing machine having myimprovement applied thereto, and showing also the manner of guiding afacing strip and a body fabric; Fig. 2 is a plan view showing myimproved presser foot; also the work support and edge guide for the bodymaterial; Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the presser foot; Fig. 4 isa bottom view of the same; Fig. 5 is a front view; and Fig. 6 is a sideview.

In the drawings, I have shown a sewing machine comprising a work support1 and overhanging arm 2, on which is mounted the usual needle lever 3for reciprocating the needle bar and needles. These parts may be of anydesired construction, although I prefer to use a sewing machine in whichtwo needles are used and a looper which cooperates with both needlesbelow the work support forming interlocking threads extending from oneline of stitching to the other, which may be used in covering the rawedge of the material when stitching a binding strip to a body fabric.

The presser foot consists of a shank 5, which is secured to the lowerend of the presser bar. Said shank carries a foot portion 6, which isprovided with needle slots 4, 4 through which the needles pass. Saidfoot portion is pivoted to the shank in the usual manner, and a spring 7yieldingly holds the presser foot in normal position with its footportion parallel with the cloth plate. Said presser foot is provided atits forward end with a bracket 8. Said bracket carries an arm 9 at oneend and a projecting plate 10 adjacent its other end, which is extendedto form an edge guide for the binding strip.

Journaled in the plate 10 and the arm 9 is a roller 11, which extendsacross the front of the presser foot and is located at right angles tothe line of feed. The bracket 8 also carries an edge guide 12, which isformed integral with and as an extension of the plate 10 (see Fig. t).Said edge guide 12 extends the full length of the foot portion of thepresser foot. The bracket 8 is adjustably attached to the presser footby a screw 13, which passes through a slot la in the outer end of thepresser foot and extends into the bracket. The bracket is furthersecured to the presser foot by means of a slotted arm 15, which issecured to the edge guide 12, and is adapted to fit in a recess formedin the upper face of the presser foot. The slotted arm 15 is secured inadjusted positions by a screw 16.

The binding strip which is to be attached to the body fabric is ledthrough suitable tension devices carried by a bracket 17 mounted on thehead of the machine, and thence underneath a guide rod 18 betweenspaced. guiding ears 19, which are also carried by the head of themachine. After leaving the guiding rod 18, the facing strip passesdirectly to the rotatable guiding roller 11, which is preferablyserrated or roughened, so as to rotate with the strip as it.

passes over the guiding roller and thus better guide the strip to thestitching mechanism. The edge of the strip is carried along the guidingplate 10, and the edge guide 12 underneath the presser foot, which is inline with the guiding plate. Said edge guide will determine the positionof the facing strip relative to the stitch-forming mechanism. Byloosening the screws 13 and 16, the edge guide, the guiding plate andthe guiding roller may all be adjusted relative to the stitch-formingmechanism, so as to locate the lines of stitching in the facing strip atthe desired distance from the edge of the facing strip.

When it is desired to stitch a facing strip to a body fabric, an edgeguide 20 is used, which is attached to the cloth plate by suitablescrews 21, so that said edge guide may be adjusted to properly guide theedge of the body fabric to the stitching mechanism. When it is desiredto cover the edge of the body fabric by the looper thread which extendsfrom one line of stitching to the other, the edge guide is preferablylocated substantially in line with the right hand needle, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2. The heads of the body fabric will then be guidedbetween the two needles and close to the right hand needle. The looperthread joining the lines of stitching will completely cover and binddown the raw edge of the body fabric.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A presser foot for guiding a facing strip including in combination, afoo-t portion, a bracket secured tosaid foot portion, a guide rollercarried by said bracket and extending transversely in front of said footportion, an edge guide carried by said foot port-ion and extendingunderneath the same substantially the entire length thereof.

2. A presser foot for guiding a facing strip including in combination, afoot por tion, a bracket, a guiding roller carried by said bracket, anedge guide carried by said bracket and extending underneath said footportion, and means for adjusting said bracket relative to said footportion.

8. A presser foot for guiding a facing strip including in combination, afoot portion, a bracket, means for connecting said bracket to said footportion, whereby said bracket may be adjusted transversely thereof, aguiding roller journaled in said bracket, an edge guide carried by saidbracket for guiding the edge of a facing strip running over said guidingroller.

4. A presser foot for guiding a facing strip including in combination, afoot portion, a bracket supported by said foot .por-

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guiding plate carried by said bracket, a

guiding roller, an arm spaced from said guiding plate bet-ween which andsaid guiding plate said roller is journaled, an edge guide carried bysaid bracket, an arm secured to said edge guide and adjustably connectedto said foot portion, said edge guide extending underneath said footportion.

5. A presser foot for guiding a facing strip including in combination, afoot portion, a bracket adjustably secured to said foot portion, aguiding'roller carried by said bracket and. extending transversely ofsaid foot portion, a guiding plate projecting forwardly from saidbracket, an edge guide formed integrally with-said guiding plate andextending from said guiding plate underneath the foot portion to therearside thereof.

6. A presser foot for guiding a facing strip including in combination, afoot portion, a bracket, a guiding roller carried by said bracket, anedge guide carried by said bracket having a forwardly projecting portion and a rearwardly projecting portion in alineInent therewith, andlocated beneath the foot portion.

7. A presser foot for guiding a facing strip including in combination, afoot portion, a guiding roller supported thereby and extendingtransversely in front of said foot port-ion, and an edge guide carriedby the foot portion and extending underneath the same substantially theentire length thereof,

and having also a forwardly projecting guide.

8. A presser foot for guiding a facing strip including incombination, afoot por-' tion, a member having a transverse guiding surface over whichsaid strip passes, located in advance of the foot portion, a guidingportion for the edge of said strip in advance of said transverse guidingsurface, and a second guiding portion for the edge of said strip in therear of said transverse guiding portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT TAUBERT.

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